Both have also summited Mount McKinley (also known as Denali), in Alaska, and are licensed by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations, the world’s most respected guiding organization.
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Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
In April, Steinwald will return to Nepal to try to summit Mount Everest.
Under Udoka’s watch, ascending players Alperen Şengün and Amen Thompson have earned league honors (All-Star selection and All-Defense, respectively), and experienced players have also improved their game; Dillon Brooks had the best shooting season of his career.
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Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Voluntary abdication has a precedent in Belgium: King Philippe ascended the throne in 2013 at age 53 after his father, King Albert II, abdicated at 79 due to health concerns.
Budget hawks are saying this sets up a tax cliff in the legislation similar to the one Republicans are now trying to surmount, since most of the 2017 Trump tax cuts expire at the end of this year.
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Aris Folley,
The Hill,
12 June 2025
Raise the stakes, place insuperable obstacles before the protagonist, have the protagonist somehow surmount them while becoming braver and better.
Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.
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Peter Barrett,
Outside Online,
9 June 2025
Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.
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